Canada West Ski Areas Association All Area Passes Application for 2012/13

by Keven Dubinsky | Sep 10, 2012 | Member News

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Oct 1, 2012.

The CWSAA All Area Pass application for 2012/13 is now available via the following url: http://aap.bcalpine.com/

All image submissions this year must be through this url and meet the criteria showing on the web page.  The application form link is also found on the page and must be printed, signed and sent into our office by the Oct 1 deadline. 

NOTE: Only eligible athletes/coaches will show up on the application page.  If your name is not showing on the list and you believe you are eligable please contact Keven (contact info at the bottom of this article).

Please take special note of changes to the process this year including eligibility for special U16 eligibility as per news article: http://bcalpine.com/news/article/?2457

Anyone experiencing difficulties with the application process please contact Keven @ the BC Alpine office: kevend@bcalpine.com or (604) 678-3070.

Canada West Ski Areas Association All Areas Passes BC Alpine U16 Eligibility

by Keven Dubinsky | Aug 20, 2012 | Member News

Due to the changes in FIS registration ages this season the Canada West Ski Areas Association has graciously extended eligibility for 2012/13 Season All Area Passes to a limited number of U16 athletes.

Criteria for application will any returning athlete born in 1997 who obtained 500 points or higher on the 2011/12 season BC Alpine PRS (provincial ranking system).  Based on this criteria BC Alpine would like to congratulate the following 17 U16 athletes who will be eligible to apply for All Area Passes this season.

Important note: Eligibility does not guarantee a pass will be available for you as allocation has yet to be finalized.

The 2012/13 pass application process has not yet been determined but will be released shortly, please check www.bcalpine.com regularly for application guidelines.

BC Alpine is searching for a new Program Director, Application Info Included

by Keven Dubinsky | Jun 15, 2012 | Member News

BC Alpine is announcing that our Program Director, Nigel Cooper will be leaving for a new position with Alpine Canada Alpine.  Nigel will be the Athlete Development Manager for ACA.  In his ten month’s as Program Director with BC Alpine Nigel managed to implement a number of positive changes we will miss his passion, commitment and energy.

“Nigel has been a breath of fresh air at BC Alpine where his energy and commitment will have a lasting impact on our programs” says Bruce Goldsmid, CEO of BC Alpine.  We will continue to embrace his vision with HPP, Super Camps, social media, a focus on Ski Cross and the commitment to support our clubs.”   Nigel will be living in Vancouver with his new job and we are looking forward to working closely with him, and ACA in the coming years.  

BC Alpine is actively pursuing a new Program Director and the job description and  application process is available for download via THIS LINK.

Bruce Goldsmid
CEO  BC Alpine
Suite 403 – 1788 West Broadway
Vancouver BC V6J 1Y1

(Work) 604 678 3073
(Fax) 604 678 8073

BC Alpine Women’s Ski Team Fernie Dryland Camp – June 1st to 4rd, 2012

by Keven Dubinsky | Jun 4, 2012 | Member News

Aaron Speden, women assistant coach:“We arrived at the Evolution gym Friday morning in Fernie BC to start our 4 day Dryland camp, with Andrew Lambert, Brandon Dyksterhouse and Aaron Speden.  We started off with a great mornings work out with two groups dividing younger and older athletes both from the women’s and men’s  BC Ski Teams. We broke for lunch and then followed up with a 3 hours mountain bike ride through the beautiful scenery of Fernie B.C.   Special Thanks to Mike Delich for supplying us free accommodation up at the Fernie ski resort.  Beautiful and wonderful accommodation.  The coaches loved it.

Next morning we awoke to rain and headed down to Evolution gym for our 3 hour work out. Andrew accessed the weather around noon and decided with the coaches it was a bit wet for outdoor mountain biking so decided to run a double session in the gym following lunch and rest break.

Sunday morning started in the gym for another great work out and with the weather improving it looked promising to get out on the mountains bikes again for the afternoon.
The Monday morning program was a recap with Andrew in the gym of what we achieved in the past 3 days to perfect our workout technique.”

Sarah Freeman: BCST and Alpine Prospect Group
“We just spend an awesome intense four days in Fernie getting jacked and excited for the season. It was really nice to get the girls and guys from around the area together with Andrew to really kick off the dryland season full force. After our morning weight sessions, though it rained (even hailed at one point!!!), we still got out on some grinding mountain bike rides in the afternoons. The wet trails not only left us covered in mud head to toe but also left a couple of us black and blue. The atmosphere was amazing, totally focused and supportive, nobody cheating the workouts or giving up. Rebecca Bermel did a 45 minute hill climb the day after having the stomach flu. Stephanie Gartner went on her first mountain bike ride after getting a quick bike tutorial from Andrew " ..down shift before you start going up a hill… you’re an athlete you'll figure the rest out!". This camp was really motivating to work just as hard as we did these past four days for the whole summer and fall. Thank you to everyone who help put it on, house us and even lend some of us bikes!”

Next project is individual dryland at home for younger athletes who are in school.  Sarah Elliot and Sarah Freeman will be in Kelowna and Vernon starting individual training sessions twice a day under the guided direction of our dryland expert  Andrew Lambert.

July 1st to July 20th we are going to go skiing in Mt. Hood, USA and do a lot of dryland activities in Hood river, Oregon.   Stay tuned for more updates.

FIS Registration Package for 2012/13 Season is now available for download

by Keven Dubinsky | May 29, 2012 | Member News

Our 2012-13 FIS registration package is available for download.  All FIS athletes should be booking an appointment with their physician ASAP in order to have their medical evaluation paperwork completed.

FIS REGISTRATION PACKAGE: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD or CLICK HERE FOR INDIVIDUAL FILES

There is a new reduced price option available for FIS registrants who will not be racing or training outside of Canada and only out of province 10 days or less.  Please feel free to contact Keven Dubinsky if you have any questions about this.